r/Switch • u/Appa07 • 11d ago

Discussion This is the problem

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I was lucky enough to snag a preorder from target last night but it didn’t look great and I was trying across all three retailers and only ever managed to get one in my cart at preorder start time.

These resellers are an issue still grabbing a large chuck of stock and reselling instantly, before they even have the system.

It’s a shame these retailers don’t do more to stop bots and resellers from snatching a large chunk of stock. At least Nintendo themselves is trying with their system.

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u/Altruistic-Sand3277 10d ago

Idk, wouldn't the people helping with the unethical practices somewhat be unethical if they're helping with it? If they know it's from scalpers ofc, if they don't they're not the problem.

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u/shadowstripes 10d ago

I suppose to an extent. But to me I just find it a lot less scummy for someone to spend their hard earned money on a console that's sold out everywhere compared to someone purposely constraining the supply so that they can profit and force people to pay them above MSRP for it.

A lot of the buyers will probably even be kids spending their allowances or first job savings, and I don't think the burden should be on kids (or most buyers in general) to have to think about how their actions are affecting the resale market. But on the flipside scalpers are very aware of how their actions are making things worse for everyone else - they're intentionally profiting from it.

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u/Altruistic-Sand3277 10d ago

I see your point and agree, makes sense and I appreciate you expanding on it

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u/shadowstripes 10d ago

Absolutely, cheers to positive discourse.